Car Engulfed In Flames Temporarily Blocks Entrance To O'Neill Tunnel

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BOSTON (CBS) -- A car fire at the entrance of the O'Neill Tunnel temporarily shut down all northbound lanes of Interstate-93 Sunday evening.

No one was injured but the car was fully engulfed in flames.

According to MassDOT Communications Director Jacquelyn Goddard, the travel lanes were blocked between 5:30 p.m. and 6:20 p.m.

This car fire on 93 northbound in Boston by the entrance to the tunnel blocked all lanes of travel northbound from about 5:30-6:20pm. All passengers safe. @MassDOT video pic.twitter.com/NvsWzxyDsw
— Jacquelyn Goddard (@JacqueGoddard) May 27, 2019

In the meantime, backed up traffic had to be diverted at Exit 20.